steven briar went to stanford as an under graduate. elena kagan went to princeton and harvard law school. a part of the, it was -- and then they went from, they want to these prestigious law schools. and so it was part of the greater acceptance in the law school that helped the change -- helped bring about a decrease of anti-semetism in the legal profession. to end this on what's very interesting, when brandice's daughter and gilbert's mother graduated at the top of the class, brandice was very interested and she had hoped, at least the story i'm told, to go to harvard, yale, columbia. in 1917 there were no women admitted. they would love to admit her but it would be another ten years before they would admit women. she went to not a bad law school, university of chicago where she met her husband, another law student, but i think it's what she said as the decline of -- there was a gradual decline of anti-semetism in the american legal system. it was fostered by so many of he's lawyers that were either immigrants themselves or apparenpar

now, a year later steven briar who i am proud to say is a fellow longsman from san francisco. the only one to be on the court and the only san franciscan because old warren didn't live in san francisco, and he is appointed and both of them still serve on the court today. they're considered pretty much part of the liberal block on the court and ruth bader ginsburg who just turned 84 has now surpassed brandeis and frankfurter by a few months in terms of longevity of jewish justices on the court. steven briar had a very interesting, just to say he served in the 1980s on leave of hafb art law school and both he and ruth bader ginsburg were known as voices of conviviality on the court. he was on the judiciary committee and able to get along famously with the late ted kennedy on the one hand, the leading democrat and orrin hatch on the other hand kennedy and on orrin hatch didn't agree on things and they agreed with steven briar when he was nominated on the last days of jimmy carter's administration to the finish and they came together to finesse his nomination and 14 years later, a

now, a year later, steven briar, who i'm proud to say -- is a fellow lons man from san francisco, the only san francisco -- i think the only san franciscoen because technically he didn't live in san francisco. but any way, and he is appointed, and both of them still serve on the court today. they're considered pretty much part of a liberal block on the court. and ruth bader ginsburg, who just turned 84, has now surpassed brandeis and frank if you are terr by a few months in terms of longevity of jewish justices on the court. steven brieier had a very interesting -- i'll talk about other things but just to say that he served in the 1980s away from harvard law school as the chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee. both he and ruth bader ginsburg were known as voices for, you know, con vif although on the court. he got along with everyone. as counsel for the judiciary committee, he was able to get along famously with the late ted kennedy on the one hand, the leading democrat and orrin hatch on the other hand. kennedy and orrin hatch agreed on not many things. they also were close

now a year later steven briar who i'm proud to say is from san francisco. technically he didn't live in san francisco. and he is appointed and both of them still serve on the court today. they're considered pretty much part of the liberal bloc on the court. and ruth bader ginsburg has now surpassed brandeis and frankfurter in terms of longevity on the supreme court. steven briar had a very interesting -- he served in the 1980s as the chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee. both he and ruth bader ginsburg were known as voices for conviviality on the court. he got along with everyone. as counsel for the judiciary committee, he was able to get along famously with the late ted kennedy and orin hatch on the other. they agreed on their admiration and respect for steve. when he was nominated in the last days of jimmy carter's administration to the federal bench, they came together to n finesse his nomination. anyone who can get along with orin hatch and ted kennedy must be going something right. ele elena kagan started out working for the clinton administ

with remarks by steven briar influence of foreign relations

with remarks by steven briar influence of foreign relations on american national security and civil liberties and talked about his book the court and the world, the discussion was hosted by the supreme court historical society and it runs about an hour. >>> honored today to have as our lecturer justice stephen bryer whose topic will be the court in the world, american global law and the new -- the new global realities. justice briar is a long standing friend of the society. ep has delivered lectures as he will be today, he has hosted dinners, introduced speakers and we're very fortunate that he's giving us this lecture. he need those introduction and there is not an induction complete in the time allotted but let me touch on highlights if i may. he graduated with highest honor

with remarks by steven briar influence of foreign relations on american national security and civil liberties and talked about his book the court and the world, the discussion was hosted by the supreme court historical society and it runs about an hour. >>> honored today to have as our lecturer justice stephen bryer whose topic will be the court in the world, american global law and the new -- the new global realities. justice briar is a long standing friend of the society. ep has delivered lectures as he will be today, he has hosted dinners, introduced speakers and we're very fortunate that he's giving us this lecture. he need those introduction and there is not an induction complete in the time allotted but let me touch on highlights if i may. he graduated with highest honors from stanford, he then went as a marshal scholar to oxford when he received first class honors with a b.a. degree in philosophy, economics and politics and he went to harvard where he was editor of the law reviewed and clerked for justice arthur goldberg and he is very circumspect about his work there but he con trib y

. >>> i'm honored today to have as our lecturer, justice steven briar whose topic will be american global law,

. >>> i'm honored today to have as our lecturer, justice steven briar whose topic will be american global law, excuse me, global law and the justice realities. justice briar has delivered lectures as he is today. he's hosted dinners and introduced speakers. we are fortunate he's giving us this lecture. he truly is a man who needs no introduction and there's not an introduction i can do to be complete in the time allotted. but let me touch on highlights, if i may. he graduated with highest honors from stamford and then went as a marshal scholar to magdalene in oxford. he went to harvard law school and exsicelexcelled. and like all clerks, he's spoke about his work there, but he does acknowledge he contributed to the first draft of the ginsburg, excuse me, griswold v. connecticut case. after clerking for justice goldberg, he work in the antitrust division of the department of justice. he taught at harvard and the law school and kennedy school of government. he was chief counsel to the senate judiciary counsel from 1978 to 1980 and nominated by president cart toer to the firs circuit nine da

and the majority was justice rehnquist, briar, ginsburg, kennedy, o'connor, suitor, and stevens. minority justices scalia, thomas, as we learned from jeff rosen, the judge was asked to, by special invitation, give an amici argument, friend of the court argument, miranda should be overruled. tell us your perspective on this. >> i argued in defense of the 1968 statute. there is the history that jeff's referring to. i think fair to say it's disputed. certainly president johnson immediately said that we're not going to enforce this law. president nixon who campaigned on a law and order campaign said it should be argued in court. eventually i ended up arguing it as a friend of the court. one of the strange things that happened, why as a law professor arguing in defense of a federal statute, the clinton administration refused to defend the law. even though they were very strong arguments that could be made on its behalf. that was one of the unfortunate things and ultimately set the stage for the ruling against it. if the clinton administration had sent their solicitor general to defend